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How to Make Lucky Paper Stars

Make 3d paper stars from stripes of paper!
**Warning: Making paper stars is addictive**

I've always wanted to know how to make these, but couldn't understand how until a friend of mine showed me, that's why I made a video (see step 5) to clearly and simply illustrate the process.

The first three steps are about how to obtain paper stripes, the fourth and the fifth are about how to make the stars.

Step 1: Obtaining Paper Stripes: Buying

You can buy ready-made paper stripes, they come in lots of colors and patterns, just type "lucky star origami paper" in google and you'll find a few online stores.

If you're just learning how to make these I would recommend you start with paper stripes that were made using step 2, which are the easiest stripes to fold.

Step 2: Obtaining Paper Stripes: DIY Easy

MaterialsA4/Letter notebook paper, preferably yellow and without holes (like the one in the picture)

Tools for method Ascissors

Tools for method Ba ruleran exacto Knifea cutting board

Method A:Take a peice of paper, and using scissors cut along the lines

Method B:Take a piece of paper, lay it on the cutting board, put the ruler against a line and use it as a guide for cutting with the exacto knife (see the second image). This method produces better stripes.

Step 3: Obtaining Paper Stripes: DIY Pro

If you chose wrapping paper, or any kind of paper that is larger than A4/Letter, you need to reduce it to that size. Now print lines on it (see attached file) then cut it using either method A or B that have been described in step 2.

TipsThe wider the strip is, the longer it needs to be to make a good star.Also, The lighter the paper is, the longer the stripes need to be.Therefore the file attached to this step might no be compatible with the kind of paper you've chosen, so experiment a bit.

i held my 33rd birthday dinner party in a nifty location on the hills over here and the party theme was stars. i looked after an easy but impressive table decoration and i went for your instructable - i had plenty of blue stars all over the table and the guests were so impressed! i mean, it took me like a whole afternoon but boy was it worth it! thank you!!!